The Washington Capitals and Dallas Stars will meet at Capital One Arena in a match up that Dallas has dominated for over 15 years. The Caps are 3-10-1-1 all time at home vs. Dallas, including a 0-5-1 stretch in the last six fixtures.
Puck drop is at 7 PM on NBCSWA. Pat will grace you with a recap.
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| Record | 38-27-8 | 41-24-7 |
| Shot Attempt % | 51.3% | 48.0% |
| PDO | 100.1 | 101.7 |
| Power Play | 20.4% | 22.5% |
| Penalty Kill | 81.8% | 79.7% |
Projected Lines
Braden Holtby will tend the twine, Kuzy is out once again, and Brooks Orpik is a game-time decision. This is how the rest of the Caps lined up at practice:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Burakovsky – Eller – Oshie
Vrana – Boyd – Connolly
Stephenson – Beagle – DSP
Djoos – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Kempny – Jerabek
Holtby
This felt good to watch
Nick Foligno with a crushing hit on Brad Marchand pic.twitter.com/LDJeoIvA8z
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) March 20, 2018
Storylines
- Here is Alex and TJ going insane before taking the ice for an away game.
- It has been nine years since Alex Ovechkin pulled the “hot stick” celebration out of his bag of tricks against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
- Reports say that the Capitals plan to sign Axel Jonsson-Fjällby to an entry-level contract after his playoff campaign is over in Sweden.
- Out with an upper body injury in Philly, Kuzy skated by himself before practice on Monday.
- The Caps loss in Philly meant that the Flyers took the season series three wins to one.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov entered a contest to win his own signed jersey.
- TJ Oshie and Travis Konecny went toe-to-toe in a pretty fantastic bout.
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